开会 開會 kāi huì to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting 乌拉尔 烏拉爾 wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia 欧亚 歐亞 ōu yà Europe and Asia / Eurasia 大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas 欧洲 歐洲 ōu zhōu Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1luo2ba1 Zhou1]) 亚洲 亞洲 yà zhōu Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4xi4ya4 Zhou1]) 马歇尔 馬歇爾 mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate 法兰克 法蘭克 fǎ lán kè the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) 东欧 東歐 dōng ōu Eastern Europe 西亚 西亞 xī yà Southwest Asia 王妃 wáng fēi princess (in Europe) syn 北欧 北歐 běi ōu north Europe / Scandinavia 西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) 东南亚 東南亞 dōng nán yà Southeast Asia 斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe 西欧 西歐 xī ōu Western Europe 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 中亚 中亞 zhōng yà Central Asia 东亚 東亞 dōng yà East Asia 亚细亚 亞細亞 yà xì yà Asia 南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia 南洋 nán yáng Southeast Asia / South seas 南欧 南歐 nán ōu Southern Europe 北亚 北亞 běi yà North Asia 欧美 歐美 ōu měi Europe and America / the West 帕米尔 帕米爾 pà mǐ ěr the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 亚太 亞太 yà tài Asia-Pacific 中欧 中歐 zhōng ōu Central Europe 突厥 tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent / (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 东北亚 東北亞 dōng běi yà Northeast Asia 金三角 jīn sān jiǎo Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 瑶族 瑤族 yáo zú Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country 南诏 南詔 nán zhào Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia 澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia 打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc 佤族 wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia 阿尔泰 阿爾泰 ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk 帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 月氏 yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty 会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 会议 會議 huì yì meeting / conference / CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4] syn 举行 舉行 jǔ xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) syn 会面 會面 huì miàn to meet with / meeting syn 大会 大會 dà huì general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL:個|个[ge4],屆|届[jie4] 会议室 會議室 huì yì shì meeting room / conference room 集会 集會 jí huì to gather / assembly / meeting / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 碰头 碰頭 pèng tóu to meet / to hold a meeting syn 会合 會合 huì hé to meet / to rendezvous / to merge / to link up / meeting / confluence syn 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") syn 召开 召開 zhào kāi to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together syn 面谈 面談 miàn tán face-to-face meeting / an interview syn 初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn 入场 入場 rù chǎng to enter the venue for a meeting / to enter into an examination / to enter a stadium, arena etc 会场 會場 huì chǎng meeting place / place where people gather / CL:個|个[ge4] 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 首脑 首腦 shǒu nǎo head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader syn 旁听 旁聽 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class) 峰会 峰會 fēng huì summit meeting 盛会 盛會 shèng huì pageant / distinguished meeting 免遭 miǎn zāo to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared 会晤 會晤 huì wù to meet / meeting / conference syn 相约 相約 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment 散会 散會 sàn huì to disperse a meeting / to adjourn / finished syn 奇遇 qí yù happy encounter / fortuitous meeting / adventure 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 例会 例會 lì huì regular meeting 改期 gǎi qī to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone 不欢而散 不歡而散 bù huān ér sàn to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord 动员会 動員會 kick-off meeting 年会 年會 nián huì annual meeting 列席 liè xí to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate syn 交点 交點 jiāo diǎn meeting point / point of intersection 诀别 訣別 jué bié to bid farewell / to part (usually with little hope of meeting again) syn 纠察 糾察 jiū chá to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting) 招聘会 招聘會 zhāo pìn huì recruitment meeting / job fair 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution) 与会 與會 yù huì to participate in a meeting syn 鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting 现场会 現場會 xiàn chǎng huì on-the-spot meeting 决议案 決議案 jué yì àn resolution (of a meeting) syn 复会 復會 fù huì to resume a meeting 纪要 紀要 jì yào minutes / written summary of a meeting syn 班会 班會 bān huì class meeting (in schools) 闭会 閉會 bì huì close a meeting syn 会期 會期 huì qī the duration of a conference / the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held / session / the date of a meeting 他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) 股东大会 股東大會 gǔ dōng dà huì general shareholders' meeting 会所 會所 huì suǒ office of an association / meeting place / clubhouse / club syn 今次 jīn cì this / the present (meeting etc) / this time / this once 灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds 全体会议 全體會議 quán tǐ huì yì general congress / meeting of the whole committee 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 召开会议 召開會議 zhào kāi huì yì to call a conference / to convene a meeting 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 